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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
‘ODOP Sampark- media event’ to be held at Conference Hall of Commerce & Industries Department Udyog Bhawan Tadong tomorrow
The One District One Product team, Invest India, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, New Delhi, has collaborated with Press Information Bureau to organize ‘ODOP Sampark- media event’ across the country to cover the Indian farmers and artisans that represent the country’s heritage and unique culture.
This initiative is aimed at empowering sellers of ODOP and creates awareness around the success stories for the nation. A display will be setup at the Conference Hall of Commerce & Industries Department at Udyog Bhawan, Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim tomorrow showcasing display of products from Sikkim. This collaboration aims to highlight the success stories, conduct shows, and increase awareness of ODOP programs at the district and national levels. The primary objective is to emphasize the uniqueness of the ODOP initiative, raise awareness among the masses about ODOP programs, and encourage consumers across the country to support and purchase Indian products
The ODOP Initiative, aligned with the vision of the Prime Minister of India, aims to foster balanced regional development across all districts of the country. The concept of "One District One Product" entails selecting, branding, and promoting a unique product from each district to drive holistic socioeconomic growth. The chosen products span a wide range, representing diverse sectors and existing clusters that have established a niche identity for them.
Sikkim, known for its stunning landscapes and rich cultural heritage, boasts an impressive array of 15 ODOP products from six different districts within the state. These products showcase the diverse offerings of Sikkim's districts, including Buckwheat from North Sikkim, Tea from South Sikkim, Trout Fishing from West Sikkim, Floriculture & Dalle Chillies from Pakyong, Cardamom from Soreng, and Tourism from East Sikkim
This initiative is part of the Government of India's efforts to promote the growth of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises  and to support the development of indigenous products. The nationwide awareness campaign for ODOP is aimed at improving the economic viability of MSMEs and promoting the consumption of locally-made products.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot Visits Sashakt Divyang a Unique Mega Event with Exclusive Job Fair for PWD
Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment visited “Sashakt Divyang-A Unique Mega Event with Exclusive Job Fair for Persons with Disabilities ” organised by Ladli foundation trust here today. Smt. Shakuntala D. Gamlin, Secretary, Department of Empowerment Persons with Disabilities  was also present on the occasion. Many organisations and private institutions participated in today’s job fair to provide suitable jobs to Divyangjans with an aim to provide equal opportunities and employment to them by envisaging and integrating the idea of equality within the society.
Addressing on the occasion, Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot said that Department of Empowerment Persons with Disabilities under Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment is devoted to the overall welfare of the Divyangjan and many new initiatives have been taken during past five and half years. The new DEPwD Act empowers all Divyangjan nationwide as the categories of Disabilities for Divyangjan has been increased from 7 categories to 21 categories, thus broadening the scope the schemes for more Divyangjan. Now Divyngjan have proper reservation in all government educational institutions and all government jobs. He said that during this period 7 Guinness Book of world records have been created by Divyangjan. He opined that the challenges faced by the PwDs are cause of great concern in our country and appealed to the people from all walks of life to come forward to assist and help Divyangjan.
Ministry of Railways
Indian Railway announces one integrated Helpline number “139” for any help, enquiry and grievances redressal during travel
To overcome the inconvenience over multiple helpline numbers for grievances and enquiry during railway travel, Indian Railway has integrated railway helplines into single number 139 for the passengers for quick grievance redressal and enquiry during their journey. As the new helpline number 139 will take over all the existing helpline numbers , it will be easy for the passengers to remember this number and connect with Railways for all their needs during the travel.
Following Railway grievances helplines are being discontinued:
- 138 
- 1072 
- 9717630982 
- 58888 / 138 
- 152210 
- 1800111321 
The Helpline 139 will be available in twelve languages. It will be based on IVRS . There is no need of a smart phone to call on 139, thus, providing easy access to all mobile users.
Menu of 139 Helpline  is as under:
- For security & medical assistance, passenger has to press 1, which connects immediately to a call center executive
- For enquiry, passenger has to press 2 and in the sub menu, information regarding pnr status, arrival/departure of the train, accommodation, fare enquiry, ticket booking, system ticket cancellation, wake up alarm facility/destination alert, wheel chair booking, meal booking can be obtained.
- For catering complaints, passenger has to press 3
- For general complaints, passenger has to press 4
- For vigilance related complaints, passenger has to press 5
- For queries during accident, passenger has to press 6
- For status of complaints, passenger has to press 9
- For talking to call center executive, passenger has to press
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Shri Gadkari confident of halving road accident deaths from 1.5 lakh per annum by 2025 as against the target of 2030
Minister calls MPs to lead District Committees for guiding measures to remove black spots; invites suggestions on implementing global best practices
Issuing directions for formulating Policy and Tendering Models for developing Intelligent Transport System at Municipal, Provincial and National level through PPP mode : Shri Gadkari
Addresses Webinar on Road Safety
Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSME has expressed confidence on halving road accident deaths from about 1.5 lakh per annum by 2025 as against the target of 2030.Speaking at Webinar on Road Safety today, hesaid that we are working on fast track mode to achieve the goal with the cooperation of all Stakeholders especially the State Governments.
Shri Gadkari informed that his Ministry has taken lot of initiatives to reduce road accidents including intelligent transport system in the country. He added that World Bank and ADB are providing Rs 7000 crore each for this purpose to remove black spots from national highways. He informed that we have already identified black spots on national highways. India has already spent Rs 20,000 crore on removing the black spots. Underling the urgency in this regard, ShriGadkari informed that of the about 1.5 lakh road accident deaths annually, about 53,000 occur on Highways. Shri Gadkari also said that the State of Tamil Nadu has brought down accidental fatalities by 25 % by implementing a project with World Bank's assistance.
Recognising the important role of various stake-holders, he said the we need their cooperation particularly Universities, Educational institutions, NGOs, State Governments etc. The Minister informed that theGovernment has formulated a big role for them to play in reducing accidents.
Shri Gadkari called upon Members of Parliament who are chairing District Road Committees, to identify the black spots and to pursue their redressal. He highlighted that black spots need to be identified on State and Municipal roads where he stressed that the cooperation of public, state governments, MLAs, MPs etc is of paramount importance.
Shri Gadkari also called for public movement by social awareness and education, improving emergency services, pressing for medical facilities,etc in the country. He also sought cooperation of automobile industry in marching closer to achieving its Road safety targets. He referred to the MV Act of 2019, which is a comprehensive legislation on all aspects of Transport sector in India.
Delving on the stress caused by the Covid pandemic, he stressed on the need for building intelligent road transport infrastructure in the country on PPP mode. Shri Gadkari informed that he is issuing directions for formulating Policy and Tendering Models for developing Intelligent Transport System at Municipal, Provincial and National level through PPP mode. For this purpose he invited suggestions by all stake-holders so that country puts in place a system which follows global best practices.
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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports invites nominations for Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2022
Nominations should be submitted online by 14th July ,2023
The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has invited nominations for Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2022. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India confers the National Adventure Awards called “Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award”  in order to recognize the achievements of persons associated in the field of adventure and to encourage young people to develop the spirit of endurance, risk-taking, cooperative teamwork and quick, ready and effective reflexes in challenging situations.
The nominations for the TNNAA 2022 are being invited through the portal https://awards.gov.in from 15th June, 2023 to 14th July, 2023. Guidelines for the award are available at the website of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports at the following URL https://yas.nic.in/youth-affairs/inviting-nominations-tenzing-norgay-national-adventure-award-2022-15th-june-2023-14th . Any person having excellent performance and having outstanding qualities of leadership, a sense of adventure discipline and continuous achievement in one particular field of adventure viz. Land, Air or Water  may apply for the award before the last date i.e. 14th July, 2023 through the above portal.
The award consists of a bronze statuette, a certificate, a blazer with a silken tie/a saree and an award money of Rs. 15 Lakh. The Awards are presented to the winners along with Arjuna Awards by the Government of India.
Usually, One Award is given in four categories namely, Land Adventure, Water  Adventure, Air Adventure and Life Time Achievement for adventure activities on Land, Sea and Air. Achievements for the last 3 years are considered for the 3 categories namely Land Adventure, Water  Adventure, Air Adventure and for Life Time Achievement award, the achievement of entire career is considered.
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Fish Production Under PMMSY
The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing a flagship scheme of Pradhan Mantri Matsya SampadaYojana  with highest ever investment of Rs. 20,050 crore with effect from the financial year 2020-21in the country including in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Implementation of PMMSY has commenced during 2020-21 and the fish production has increased from 141.64 lakh tonne during 2019-20 to 147.25 lakh tonne during 2020-21 in the country. Similarly, the fish production in the Andhra Pradesh State has also been increased from 41.74 lakh tonne during 2019-20 to 46.23 lakh tonne during 2020-21.
The year-wise fish productions, during the last five years in the country and in the State of Andhra Pradesh are given below:
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Year
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Fish production in the country 
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Fish production in Andhra Pradesh 
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1
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2016-17
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114.31
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27.66
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2
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2017-18
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127.04
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34.50
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3
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2018-19
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135.73
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39.91
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4
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2019-20
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141.64
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41.74
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5
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2020-21
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147.25
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46.23
This information was given by the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Steel
RINL will host its first ever National Vendor Interaction Program-2023 on 28th January.
RINL-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant will be organising the 1st ever "RINL NVIP-2023-National Vendor Interaction Program—2023" on January 28, 2023  at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. This National Vendor Interaction Program will provide a forum for the sellers to interact with RINL Management and is intended to foster a long-term business relationship between RINL and the sellers.
The registered and active vendors of the Materials Management  department of RINL's Visakhapatnam Steel Plant are invited to attend the Vendor Interaction Program, in which around 250 vendors from various parts of the country are expected to participate. Suppliers of refractory materials, oils, chemicals, medicines, ferro alloys, imported raw materials, indigenous raw materials, mechanical and electrical items, etc. are also likely to attend the programme.
Shri Atul Bhatt, CMD, RINL, Shri DK Mohanty, Director  and other directors of RINL, senior officers of the Works division, Purchase, Stores, Marketing, etc., will be available to interact with the vendors.
Officials from various government and non-government institutions, such as banks, the government's e Market place, MSME Facilitation Office, the National Small Industries Corporation , District Industries Centre , the Visakha Autonagar Small Scale Industrialists’ Welfare Association , the Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry , etc., will also participate in the RINL National Vendor Interaction Program 2023.
A presentation will be made by the senior officials of the MM department of RINL about the procurement overview. Officials of the Government e-Marketplace  will make a presentation about the process and requirements for procurement through GeM for the benefit of vendors attending the program.
For the benefit of MSMEs, presentations will also be made by MSME-DFO, Visakhapatnam, to create awareness about government initiatives for MSMEs. A large number of local vendors are also expected to attend the program and they will benefit from the MSME's presentation and interaction with the concerned officials.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar to address Digital India Dialogue session on PLI 2.0 for IT Hardware at Bengaluru tomorrow
Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics and IT, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar will be addressing a Digital India Dialogues session on the recently revised production linked incentive  scheme for IT hardware at Bengaluru.
The session will be attended by stakeholders of the tech ecosystem - industry experts, representatives of industry associations, startups, etc.
The Government had last month cleared the PLI 2.0 scheme for IT hardware with an outlay of Rs 17,000 crore, more than doubling the budget for the scheme that was first cleared in 2021 to incentivize and promote domestic manufacturing by attracting large investments in the value chain. It will be implemented from July 1, with a cap on maximum incentives available to participating companies.
By providing financial incentives, the government aims to encourage the localization of IT hardware components and sub-assemblies, leading to increased production within the country. The scheme covers laptops, tablets, all-in-one PCs, servers and ultra small form factor devices.
The scheme is expected to lead to total production of about ₹ 3.35 lakh crore, bring an additional investment of ₹ 2,430 crore in electronics manufacturing and is expected to generate 75,000 additional direct jobs.
These consultations are in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s consultative approach to law and policy making. The Minister will be arriving in Bengaluru this evening.
Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar will be returning to Delhi on 4th June.
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Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
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Promotion of Agricultural Research
To promote agricultural research and education, and to make the country self- reliant in the agriculture sector, DARE/ICAR has developed a country wide network of 103 Agricultural Research Institutes, 75 Agricultural Universities including 3 Central Agricultural Universities and 11 Agriculture Technology Application Research Institutes ably supported by a network of Krishi Vigyan Kendras  at the district level mandated with technology assessment and demonstration for wider application and capacity development. The institutes are developing and promoting high yielding varieties and technologies for higher production, reducing farm input  and improving the income of farmers.
During the last 6 years, to accelerate the development of new and improved crops, improved crop health and sustainable farming practices Nanaji Deshmukh Plant Phenomics Center for research was established at IARI, Pusa, New Delhi. Towards creation of new state of art infrastructure, Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar was upgraded to Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University. Two new institutes on the lines of Indian Agricultural Research Institute - Indian Agricultural Research Institute - Jharkhand and Indian Agricultural Research Institute - Assam were established. New colleges were started under Central Agricultural University, Imphal and Rani Laxmibai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi. Mahatma Gandhi Integrated Farming System Research Institute was established at Motihari, Bihar to provide holistic solution for the farming system in the flood prone areas. To improve the outreach of the ICAR among farming community of the country, 81 new Krishi Vigyan Kendras were established during the last 6 years taking the total number of KVKs upto 721. The details pertaining to the salient achievements made by DARE/ICAR in agricultural research and education are given in Annexure-I.
Due to the varieties of crops, improved breeds of livestock, technologies and production practices developed by ICAR/NARS ably complemented by the programmes and policies developed and implemented by the Government, the total production  of food grains, pulses, oilseeds, sugarcane, horticultural produce, milk and fish has reached the mark of 295.67, 23.01, 33.50, 358.14, 313.35, 187.70 and 13.42 million tonnes per annum respectively thereby making India self-reliant or surplus in most of these commodities.
Government has issued Guidelines for establishment of Central Agricultural Universities . These guidelines are available at https://icar.org.in/files/CAU-Guidelines-%202014-English%20.pdf
Government has also issued minimum requirements for establishment of new college in Agriculture and allied sciences. These requirements are available at https://icar.org.in/files/MinimumRequirements_Final.pdf
Currently there is no proposal for establishment of new agricultural universities in India.
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Education
Initiatives taken by government to ensure quality education in Rural Areas
The Government of India has launched SamagraShiksha - an Integrated Scheme for school education, w.e.f. 2018-19, which is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education. It envisages the ‘school’ as a continuum from pre-school, primary, upper primary, secondary to senior secondary levels and susbsumes the three erstwhile centrally sponsored schemes i.e. SarvaShikshaAbhiyan , RashtriyaMadhyamikShikshaAbhiyan  and Teacher Education .
Bridging gender and social category gaps at all levels of school education is one of the major objectives of the scheme. The scheme reaches out to girls and children belonging to Scheduled Caste , Scheduled Tribe , minority communities and transgender. The scheme also gives attention to urban deprived children, children affected by periodic migration and children living in remote and scattered habitations. Under the scheme, provision has been made for giving preference to Special Focus Districts , Educationally Backward Blocks , LWE affected districts, and aspirational districts while planning interventions like setting up of primary schools, upper primary schools, construction of additional classrooms, toilets, Kasturba Gandhi BalikaVidyalayas .
A comprehensive initiative called PM eVIDYA has been initiated which unifies all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode access to education. This will benefit nearly 27crore school going children across the country. The initiative includes, where work is in progress.
- DIKSHA the nation’s digital infrastructure for providing quality e-content for school education in states/UTs: and QR coded Energized Textbooks for all grades 
- One earmarked TV channel in SWAYAM PRABHA per class from 1 to 12 
- SWAYAM Portal, E-PATHASHALA, extensive use of Radio, Community radio and CBSE Podcast- ShikshaVani
- Special e-content for visually and hearing impaired developed on Digitally Accessible Information System  and in sign language on NIOS website/ YouTube
The information was given by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ in a written reply in the LokSabha today.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Deployment of two NDRF Teams for Search and Rescue operation in the earthquake affected areas of Turkiye
As per the directions of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, today two teams consisting of 101 personnel of National Disaster Response Force  along with specially trained dog squads and all the necessary equipments have been sent to Türkiye by special Indian Air Force flights for undertaking search and rescue operations in the affected areas of Türkiye, which have been devastated on 06.02.2023 by massive earthquakes. The contingent of NDRF is led by Commandant, Shri Gurminder Singh along with Doctors and paramedics for providing necessary assistance. The teams are self-contained in all respect and are equipped with all the necessary state-of-the art search and rescue, and personal safety equipments. The NDRF team will assist the local authorities of the Türkiye in relief and rescue operations.
The Government of India is committed towards providing all necessary assistance in this crisis situation to the Government of Türkiye to cope with the earthquake as envisioned by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.
Special Service and Features
“Faceless Assessment Scheme brings transparency in the functioning of Income Tax Department”
Field Outreach Bureau, Kottayam under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Income Tax Department jointly conducted a webinar on "Faceless Assessment Scheme" today.
The aim is to bring transparency in the functioning of Income Tax Department, mitigate corruption, ensure accountability of IT officials and enhancing voluntary compliance, informed Shri MJ Roy, Income Tax Officer, Thiruvalla during the presentation . With this, the department will become almost paperless, he added.The scheme has no bearing on the salaried people and they will have to continue with the usual e-filing Shri Roy replied to a query.
Smt.D Syama Sudha,Addl. Commissioner of Income Tax, Thiruvalla presided. Smt.Sudha S Namboothiry, Assistant Director , Field Outreach Bureau Kottayam welcomed In all 35 Chartered Accountants and Income Tax Assessees participated in the webinar.